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Scan QR Code to read You can Read our Publications Online ANYTIME at our Publications each month - ONLINE !! www.JeffersonBackroads.com - Click on the Back Issues Tab Siskiyou County Chamber Alliance Collier Interpretive Links to All Chambers www.siskiyouchambers.com & Information Center Butte Valley Chamber at Junction of PO Box 541 Dorris, CA 96023 & 530-397-2111 www.buttevalleychamber.com

Dunsmuir Chamber 5915 Dunsmuir Avenue Butte Valley Museum Ley Station & Museum Dunsmuir, CA 96025 Main Street SW Corner Oregon & West Miner St. 530-235-2177 Dorris, CA 96023 Yreka, CA 96097 www.dunsmuir.com (530) 397-5831 (530) 842-1649 www.buttevalleychamber.com Happy Camp Chamber Dunsmuir Railroad Depot Museum PO Box 1188 Pine Street and Sacramento Avenue Montague Depot Museum Happy Camp, CA 96039 AMTRAK Station 230 South 11th Street 530-493-2900 Dunsmuir, CA 96025 Montague, CA 96064 www.happycampchamber.org (530) 235-0929 (530) 459-3385 dunsmuir.com/visitor/railroad.php McCloud Chamber Etna Museum The People’s Center The Karuk Tribe PO Box 372 520 Main Street 64236 Second Avenue McCloud, CA 96057 Etna, CA 96027 Happy Camp, CA 96039 530-964-3113 (530) 467-5366 (530) 493-1600 www.mccloudchamber.com www.etnamuseum.org www.karuk.us Mt. Shasta Chamber Fort Jones Museum Siskiyou County Museum 300 Pine Street 11913 Main Street 910 Main Street Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 Fort Jones, CA 96032 Yreka, CA 96097 530-926-4865 (530) 468-5568 (530) 842-3836 www.mtshastachamber.com www.fortjonesmuseum.com siskiyoucountyhistoricalsociety.org Scott Valley Chamber Genealogy Society of Siskiyou Co. Sisson - Mt. Shasta Museum PO Box 374 Research Library 1 North Old Stage Road Etna, CA 96027 912 S. Main Street - Yreka, CA 96097 Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 530-475-2656 (530) 842-0277 (530) 926-5508 www.scottvalley.org www.siskiyougenealogy.org www.mountshastasissonmuseum.org Tulelake Museum Tulelake Chamber Heritage Junction Museum 800 South Main Street PO Box 1152 320 Main Street Tulelake, CA 96134 Tulelake, CA 96134 McCloud, CA 96057 (530) 667-5312 530-667-5312 (530) 964-2604 www.tulelake.org www.visittulelake.com www.mccloudchamber.com Weed Chamber Weed Historic Lumber Klamath Basin NWR Visitor Center 34 Main Street Town Museum 4009 Hill Road Weed, CA 96094 303 Gilman Avenue Tulelake, CA 96134 1-530-938-4624 Weed, CA 96094 (530) 667-2231 www.weedchamber.com (530) 938-0550 www.fws.gov/klamathbasinrefuges www.siskiyous.edu/museum Yreka Chamber WWII Valor in the Pacific Historic Capital City Lava Beds National Monument National Monument of The State of Jefferson 1 Indian Well Headquarters 800 South Main Street 117 West Miner Street Tulelake, CA 96134 Tulelake, CA 96134 Yreka, CA 96097 (530) 667-8100 (530) 260-0537 530-842-1649 www.nps.gov/labe www.nps.gov/tule www.yrekachamber.com Page 2 JeffersonBackroads.com Read our Publications Online 24/7/365 What’s Inside . . . 36 Advertising Rates & Publication Contact Information 17 Avery Theatre in Etna, California - News 20 Bob’s Ranch House Special Valentines Day Dinner 15 Brave Heart West Coast Event in Yreka 22 Butte Valley Chamber Businesses & Info 6 Butte Valley History by Emily P. Taylor 16-17 Calendar of Events & Classes 18 Cycle Siskiyou - Bicycle Tourism News 24 Discovering the State of Jefferson by Gail Jenner 16 Dogsled Express - Spectacular Sled Dog Tours 12 Dunsmuir History by Ron McCloud Golden opportunity, gorgeous Class A commercial 10 Etna Deli - Delicious Restaurant in Etna, California building on busy Churn Creek Road. Two levels with 8 Fire Lookouts of The State of Jefferson by Jaime Tarne elevator. High tech design with quality furnishings. 23 Historical Markers around Siskiyou County by Bill Wensrich Long standing tenants. Great 1031 exchange. 34-35 Maps of our Region $1,850,000. 2 Museums & Chambers of Commerce - Siskiyou County 28 Nature Walks with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 20 On The Road To . . . by Robert Pasero 23 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Local Banquet Schedule 32 Senior Services and Information 16 Siskiyou Bowmen Archery Shoot in Yreka February 24 16 Siskiyou Sled Dog Races Event February 9-10 11 Sportsmen’s Expo in Yreka March 16-17 35 State of Jefferson: What IS it, Anyway? 17 St. Marks Preservation Square, Yreka - Classes & Events 30 Story: “Breakfast in Red Bluff” by Marilyn Kilpatrick Linda Williamson #01224627 26 Story: “Afterglow” - Long Lost Nor-Cal Rock Band Part 1of2 33 Veterans Services & Information 204 W. Lake Street - Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 14 Yreka History by Claudia East (530) 598-0100 - www.mtshastahomes.com

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As most everyone who has passed through Butte Valley knows, we are not a single and solid town. Rather we are a collection of towns and townships held in the bowl of the Butte Valley. There is the main city, Dorris, as well as the slightly smaller town of Macdoel. In addition to the official towns, there are the townships of Tennant and Mt. He- bron. While the histories of each town are closely linked, those of Tennant and Logging Team - Photo courtesy of the Butte Vally Chamber of Mt. Hebron are inseparably intertwined. Commerce, date unknown. The town of Tennant was originally a company town for loggers, and the timber company had strict rules for what could be on A SLICE their tenant’s land. That is to say, they could have no promiscuous businesses. Now consider this, most of the loggers were single men OF on their own out in the west, and the only women who lived in Tennant were the wives and daughters of other loggers. I believe you HEAVEN DELICATESSEN can draw your own conclusions on that note. While there was a living to be made in Tennant, a few Full Service Restaurant & Bakery enterprising souls saw fit to build, outside the company town, Delicious Homemade Soups 322 S. Main Street businesses to cater to the entertainment of the loggers, specifically Baking done from Scratch Dorris, CA 96023 bars and brothels. This collection of businesses eventually grew into Catering - Dine In - Take Out (530) 397-5493 a township and named after the nearby mountain, Mt. Hebron. While written records and specific dates are few and far between, a few of the old brothels still stand; one is now the residence of a Mr. F. Drake. Lane’s Market Fresh Meats - Groceries - Game Processing Hwy 97 - Dorris, CA 96023 (530) 397-2401 Intermountain Open 7 Days a Week INSURANCE SERVICES INC. Farm - Ranch - Stables - Auto - Homeowners - Business Mona M. Carr, CIC Joe Faris Independent Insurance Agent since 1981 CA #OA65427 - OR #841716 - NV #17779 (530) 598-4020 CA Real Estate #01721387 [email protected] 43223 Hwy 299E Fall River Mills, Ca 96028 RichterScaleRE.com - 303 North Main Street, Yreka, Ca 800-655-6561 jPage 6 Let each of us focus on the positive and remain diligent and aware. Butte Valley History . . . Continued from Page 6 E.C.I. FLOORING Over time, (few specific dates have been recorded) Mt. Hebron Contract License 754404 shed its questionable youth, even opening a schoolhouse and a general store among other more respectable businesses. The old Mt. Hebron Window Coverings schoolhouse was closed in favor of joining the Butte Valley Unified 130 Morgan Way School District, and the building is now the residence of Jim and Sharon & Floor Coverings Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 Taylor, the school's old merry-go-round and basketball court still stand- (530) 926-6370 ing in the front yard. Over the years, the Mt. Hebron General Store has Email: [email protected] had roughly five different owners, most recently Bill and Opal Sexton, www.snowcrest.net/edgewoodinterior/ who sold it to Lassen Canyon in 2008, who now run it mainly for the use of their workers. Both Mt. Hebron and Tennant have become considerably smaller than in their early days, and far more calm, but our colorful history is indeed a point of pride for the remaining residents of both towns. ♦

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Mt. Hebron School House, photo by The Butte Valley GRANTS PASS, OR Museum and Historical Society, circa 1908. KLAMATH FALLS, OR MEDFORD, OR

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JeffersonBackroads.com Our website’s Local Links Page is vast. February 2013 Page 7 Fire lookouts of The State of jefferson by Jaime Tarne, President, FireSafe Council of Siskiyou County Forest Fire Prevention Officer (Retired) - Klamath National Forest “DUTCHMAN’S PEAK”

Those of us who live in the State of Jefferson are very familiar with Mt. Ashland as a ski resort, and many have partaken in the sport driving up to the mountain on a winter day. But how many of us have taken that same drive in summer, and ventured past the popular peak? What is waiting for us just a few miles past is one of my personal favorite lookouts called Dutchman’s Peak. Located just north of the Oregon/California border on the Rogue River/Siskiyou National Forest, it offers another panorama of spectacular views plus one of the most interesting lookouts around. Photo of Dutchman Peak What you will find is a "D-6" cupola-style Fire Lookout in the lookout sitting at 7,418 ft. atop Dutchman's Peak. Olden Days, Courtesy USFS. It was built in 1927, and stands guard over a wide swatch of the Siskiyous, Klamath and Cascade Mountains. This D-6 cupola cabin, is one of the few remaining examples of cupola left in the Pacific Northwest. Cupola lookouts had living quarters below and a "fire-finder" room in the little cupola above. The structure is on the National Historic Lookout Register was restored to its original appearance several years ago. The Dutchman tower is one of the remaining three highest altitude towers in the State. In 1937 a garage was added nearby, and in 1942 converted to living quarters. The focus was not searching for fires but for enemy aircraft during World War II for the Aircraft Warning Service. This cabin housed a 2-person team of observers who endured the snow and winter winds atop the peak searching the sky for enemy aircraft. Now it is presently used as a fire lookout and is staffed in the summer time by U.S. Forest Service employees.

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In 1997, Paul Fattig from the Medford Mail Tribune wrote an article of an interview with 16 year veteran lookout named Lillian Deala. She said of her experience that she has weathered plenty of storms. “Oh mercy, mercy," she says, noting the 1987 dry-lightning bust that left southern Oregon enveloped in smoke for weeks. "Oh mercy, I could see that gigantic storm coming, covering hundreds of square miles," she said. "At one point during that storm, I was reporting one fire per minute." Though she also added, “But the mountain keeps calling me back.” You too can discover this same feeling, and while visiting you can walk along the west ridge and find a carved wooden headstone marking the grave of the namesake of this peak, "The Dutchman," who came looking for gold before 1900. Continue walking approximately one Photo of Dutchman Peak Fire Lookout by Jaime Tarne mile and you will find yourself on the Pacific Crest Trail. Take note of the unique botanical region, with interesting examples of sagebrush and curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany. As stated the views are incredible. On a clear day one can see Diamond Peak, Crater Lake Rim and Mt. McLoughlin jutting up on the northern and east horizon. Snowcapped Lassen Peak and Mt. Shasta views are visible to the southeast and the Red Buttes and Kalmiopsis Wilderness to the west. The lookout has vistas directly into Klamath River drainages to the south in Northern California and north into the entire Applegate River drainage basin. If you want to have this great experience for yourself, plan on visiting in the summer months to make sure roads are clear e: photo o photo e: of snow. Getting there is fairly easy, from I-5 take exit 6 onto Frontage Rd (Old Hwy 99) driving towards the Ashland ski resort. Turn right onto Mt Ashland Ski Rd. Continue past the ski resort and turn right on Road FS 20 , from there follow the signs that read Pacific Crest Trail. There is a gate about 1/2 mile from the lookout, but it should be open most weekends before the snow flies. If it is closed the walk is not too bad. The road is narrow and rocky, but passable by most high clearance vehicles. There is plenty of space at the lookout to park and turn around. As you drive past Mt. Ashland Ski Resort you might ask yourself why they did not use Mt. Ashland itself as a lookout. Come to find out they did. A ground cabin was built in 1922 and closed in 1942, most likely due to extreme conditions on the mountain. Hope you can get out and enjoy this beautiful part of our wondrous area. ♦

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JeffersonBackroads.com Read our Publications Online 24/7/365 February 2013 Page 9 ETNA DELI, Etna, California The Etna Deli is located in historic downtown Etna. In 1948 Samuel Potter (grandfather of Laurie Sweezey) built the structure for Russel Farrington of Callahan. Originally it was Minor’s Grocery Store. See photo at the bottom of the page. 1970 - Joe Facey and Vernon and Helen Zink took over the store at which time it was called Etna Market. Joe later bought Vernon and Helens share out. 1976 - It became Etna Deli and Don and Jeannie Elam took over ownership. They cut meat and had a deli. 1985 - Linda and Bill Lewis took over and changed the name to Etna Deli & Pizza. Kristy and Laurie Sweezey Part of the store was used for veterinary supplies for a while. 2006 - Steve and Shelly Chiles took over. 2008 - Gary and Laurie Sweezey took over and totally cleaned, painted and remodeled. Today Etna Deli is managed by Kristy Sweezey (daughter of Gary and Laurie). Kristy graduated from Etna High in 2003 and from Napa Cooking School in 2005. She took over management at the deli after interning at Alison's of Ashland, and Angelini's in Yreka. She taught cooking for the Etna 4-H club for 8 years. In the cold weather, yummy homemade soups are served daily, with clam chowder on Fridays. The deli is well known for their pizzas. They are piled high with fresh toppings and made fresh daily. If you would like to order a pizza, call ahead because Monday through Thursday they are only available at lunch time. You can enjoy pizza on Friday and Saturday nights also. Beer and wine are available as well as a variety of other drinks. The deli also offers take and bake pizza to cook and enjoy at home. At lunchtime, you can find great sandwiches piled high with fresh ingredients. The hamburgers are seasoned and made fresh, not frozen patties. The deli offers french fries, onion rings, green salad, or chips to go with your order. Parties are always welcome. Etna Deli has an arcade and also has the only pool table in the valley where kids can play. Meat and cheese trays are available. Please call ahead to reserve. Schedule your community group meetings here for lunch or dinner meetings - there is plenty of room, delicious food and friendly service! Come on over to gorgeous Scott Valley and have lunch or dinner at the Etna Deli. We look forward to seeing you. ♦

Photo above is from the early 1900s showing Historic Etna. The 2 story building at the far left is in the same spot as Etna Deli is today. Photo courtesy of Gail Jenner Collection. Photo below of is Minor’s Grocery (white building on the left) from 1951. This is the very a De same building as Etna Deli of today. Photo Courtesy of Claudia East Collection. tn E li Pizza Take-n-Bake Pizzas Hamburgers Sandwiches Beer & Wine Arcade Pool Table Party Trays & Lots More !!

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JPage 10 Take music lessons. Learn to Cook from Scratch. Paint Beautiful Murals. 8th annual PremierWest Siskiyou Sportsmen’s Expo

The 8th annual Premier West Siskiyou Sportsmen’s Expo will again be 2 big days in 2013: March 16 and 17 at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds. Kids 12 and under, with free admission, will be able to fish at the Department of Fish and Game sponsored fishing pond. Siskiyou Bowmen and Field Archers will have the range set up so young archers can practice their shot and the rock climbing wall will be set up thanks to Buffalo Broadcasting, the parent company of KSYC 103.9 and KSIZ 102.3 and 101.7. Everyone will enjoy the Safari Club International Mobile Sensory Exhibit brought to you by Milky Way Transport, Safari Club International and the Pepsi Bottling Company of Mt. Shasta. Returning will be the Northwest Head and Horns Display and the ever popular Boone and Crockett Antler measuring for local hunters. A second great year is the Wonderland Distributing Outdoor Theater with demonstrations that range from mining to biking in our county. Over 50 vendors will fill two big buildings and NEW this year will be a Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Possee/ Search and Rescue Gun Show in Winema Hall. Outdoor space will be filled with boats, rv’s, atv’s and the Annual Big Toys for Big Boys Vehicle Sale. We are excited to have a special door prize for a lucky 16 & 17 winner this year: Steele Roberts Ross has donated a beautiful painting that will go home with some lucky winner drawn from this year’s attendees. Get into a PremierWest Bank branch after February 15 to get your $2.00 off Free Fishing & Archery Range for Kids coupon for Sunday March 17th and make sure to visit the 2012 PremierWest Siskiyou Sportsmen’s Outdoor Expo March 16 and 17 for outdoor family fun. Wildlife Art - Taxidermy The Siskiyou Sportsmen’s Expo runs Saturday March 16 from 10am to 5pm and Tons of Local & Regional Vendors Sunday March 17 from 10am to 3pm at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds in Fishing Supplies & Fly Tying Demonstrations Yreka. Admission is $5 for adults 13 and over and free for anyone 12 and under! Head & Horn Display & For more information contact the fair office at 530-842-2767 or Competition with free measuring [email protected]. Check out our website: www.SisqFair.com. ♦

JeffersonBackroads.com Our website’s Local Links Page is vast. February 2013 Page 11 DUNSMUIR HISTORY by Ron McCloud Owner of Dunsmuir Hardware, Dunsmuir, California “THE HOTEL WEED”

The Dunsmuir Avenue addition to the Hotel Weed was It seems a bit confusing – built on the site of the original Mount completed in the 1940s following a fire in the main structure. Shasta Hotel (before there was a town of Mount Shasta) and called the It reflected the changing times and a changed name - the Hotel Dunsmuir. Courtesy of Ron McCloud. Hotel Weed (not in the town of Weed but built by Abner Weed), later called the Hotel Dunsmuir, and now called the Dunsmuir Apartments. The story of the building however makes it one of the most interesting Dunsmuir RR Depot Historical Society requests historic structures in Dunsmuir. The original structure on the corner of Sacramento Avenue and the public to "Ride its Membership Train." Funds Pine Street was the Mount Shasta Hotel, a wood frame building that raised continue maintenance of Dunsmuir's Amtrak was where the disastrous fire of 1903 started. It was destroyed along with almost every other building on Sacramento Avenue. After the Depot, as well as the RR Display fire, the value of the property there across from the active railroad depot Room and Dunsmuir was recognized by Abner Weed. For $10,000 he purchased the empty lot from J.B. Dougherty and invested $60,000 in the construction of Museum. Please Send $10 the Hotel Weed (named for himself) which the Dunsmuir News called check to Dunsmuir Railroad Depot, PO Box 324, “the finest hotel in Northern California.” Abner Weed himself is an interesting personality in Siskiyou Dunsmuir CA 96025. Call for more Info: 235-0929. County history. He was born in Maine in 1842 and served in the Union army in the Civil War. He was known to have been present with General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse when Confederate Railroad Display Room general Robert E. Lee surrendered. After the war he settled in Siskiyou Located at the County where he was very successful in the lumber business. In 1897 Amtrak Depot he bought 280 acres for $400 and in 1901 built a lumber mill there Corner of Pine which was the beginning of the city of Weed. He was a county & Sacramento supervisor from 1900 to 1908 and a state senator from 1906 to 1910. Dunsmuir, Ca He died in 1917 and is buried in the Dunsmuir Cemetery. San Francisco architect Ralph Warner Hart designed the building For Info: call which took a year to complete. The four story brick structure is an (530) 235-0929 example of Richardson Romanesque architecture which became popular in the late 1800s. The style was a revival of 11th and 12th Closed for the winter from November through March 2013. century French, Spanish and Italian architecture, with a massive dark brick appearance, bands of arched windows, and recessed entrances. A balcony that originally ran the entire length of the building above Pine Street was removed in the 1920s. It was (and still is) the tallest building in Siskiyou County and had the first hotel elevator in the county which was installed in 1904. With its dining room, bar, lobby, offices, and 102 ounded in 1894 by Dunsmuir’s first mayor - lodging rooms with private baths, it was readily accessible to Alexander Levy - and continuing today as a blend railroad travelers with its main entrance directly across the of the traditional small town mercantile and a street from the Dunsmuir depot. Train travelers took up modern TRUE VALUE hardware store. lodging in the hotel, and local residents and railroad employees patronized the shops, bar and restaurant on the pen Every Day 5836 Dunsmuir Ave., ground floor. Major credit cards accepted Dunsmuir, Ca (530) 235-4539 www.dunsmuirhardware.com Page 12 Do Pottery - Learn to Quilt - Wood Carve - do Leather Work - Make Jewelry . . . Dunsmuir History Continued from Page 12

Fire again impacted the building in 1944, causing extensive damage to the interior. During renovation, a San Francisco engineer, L.H. Nishkian, who was known for his pioneering earthquake engineering designed a novel addition to the hotel. With the coming of the automobile, Dunsmuir’s center of commerce had shifted from Sacramento Avenue – parallel to the railroad, to Florence Avenue (later called Dunsmuir Avenue) – which carried the automobile traffic of Highway 99. There was a need to change the main entrance to the hotel from Sacramento Avenue, up the hill to Florence Avenue. To accomplish this, a single story addition at the Street level on Florence Avenue was built. It joined to the main hotel structure at its fourth floor and became the new main entrance with rooftop parking and a grand lobby facing onto busy Florence Avenue, across from the popular California Theater, the grand Travelers Hotel, and the classic Kimball’s Bank of America. With the new entrance the building became known as the Hotel Dunsmuir and its fourth floor entrance Auto Body & Paint became a famous feature. Since its elevator went down to the Brett Kimball, Owner other floors instead of up, the Hotel Dunsmuir was featured in 108 Davis Road Yreka, CA 96097 - (530) 842-9484 the nationally syndicated Ripley’s Believe it or Not newspaper column, referred to as the “upside-down hotel.” The design of the upper addition was a contrast to the original Hotel Weed design, being an Art Moderne style popular to EW in the 1940s with its smooth stucco walls, circular windows and EW E rounded corners. The contrast worked however, and with the N re-opening of the hotel in 1947 it again became known as Dunsmuir’s finest. The Dunsmuir Avenue addition has been the vintage • fiber art • collectibles site of fine restaurants over the years, including the Dunsmuir 407 Main Street Hotel Restaurant, Joaquin Miller’s, Carbone’s, and Salt H2O. The large banquet hall has been used to host many community Etna, California events, meetings, celebrations and dinners. As hotels declined 530•340•3555 in popularity, the Hotel Dunsmuir evolved into a residential hotel, and after extensive interior renovation in 1982 changed Open Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat from 10 am to 4 pm its name to the Dunsmuir Apartments. For over a hundred years the Hotel Weed-Hotel Dunsmuir- Dunsmuir Apartments building has been a vital part of Dunsmuir’s commercial district and is an important part of the town’s history and heritage. Thanks to Abner Weed. Ron McCloud is the co-author with Deborah Harton of a Traditional Chinese Foods history of Dunsmuir published by the Arcadia Publishing Mandarin - Szechwan - Cantonese - Peking Company in 2010. He is the owner of Dunsmuir Hardware which dates to 1894. ♦ 210 W. Miner Street Yreka, California Evergreen (530) 842-3888 Family Dentistry Foods To Go

310 Evergreen Lane Open Hours: Yreka, CA 96097 Monday - Friday 11:30 am to 10 pm (530) 842-2558 Saturday Noon to 10 pm Lunch Buffet Mon - Fri 11:30 am to 2 pm Timothy G. Willis, DDS Dinner Buffet Fri - Sat 5:30 pm to 8 pm Randy D. Krant, DDS Sunday Closed JeffersonBackroads.com Read Us Every Month OnlineAnytime February 2013 Page 13 HISTORY OF YREKA by Claudia A. East

Jacie Leary, CPA Join us each month for Claudia East’s fascinating historical stories of the town of Yreka, California. Feel free to read & follow Claudia on her blog at: Honest Expert Tax http://yrekahistory.blogspot.com. Advice at Small Town “The Methodist-Episcopal Church in Yreka” Prices It was as early as one year after the discovery of gold in Yreka, in 1852, that a Methodist Minister was holding services in Yreka. The first site of a Methodist Episcopal Church [M.E. Church] was on the southwest corner of Miner and Oregon Streets where the Ley (530) 467-3744 Fire Station now stands. It was a humble log cabin. This little log church served the small congregation until about 1854. Email: In early Yreka it was found that a more proper and larger church needed to be built. [email protected] The various active denominations, including Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian joined together to build a church at the corner of South Oregon and Lane Streets, this new church was called the “Union Church” and was dedicated in March of 1855. Later that same year the church was sold to the Methodist Conference for financial reasons. This first “official” church building in Yreka was made of whip-sawed timber and hand planed finished lumber and served Yreka until early 1898. In the winter of 1866 an article appeared in the Yreka Union, a local newspaper, which stated: “For some time past some of our citizens have been trying to get the City Fathers to put a lamp post on the street corner near the Methodist Church, but they have not done so. Last Wednesday Evening some enterprising Mt. Shasta Naturally Grown gentleman hung a lantern on the corner of the church with a sign Seasonal Vegetables, Garlic, that read….we believe in scripture, Let There Be Light.” Onions, Herbs & Free Range Chicken Eggs In December of 1885 a notice in the Yreka Journal appeared about festivities that had been held in the M.E. Church stating 3104 Harry Cash Road - Montague - Ca - 96064 “Santa Claus had a narrow escape while distributing gifts from www.mtshastanaturallygrown.com the tree at the M. E. Church Christmas program on Christmas Eve, (530) 906-3865 Dave and Kim Stillian when his wig caught fire.” Open Weekends 10am-5pm. Weekdays by Appt. In 1888 the M. E. Church was just across the street from the Siskiyou County Courthouse on the back corner, at that time the Siskiyou County original 1856 courthouse had not yet been enlarged with the north and south wings and courthouse square was used as a “commons” Historical Society where animals might graze or people might walk through the extends an invitation to clover that was throughout part of the area. The Yreka Journal the Jefferson Backroads reported on March 7, 1888 that “The M.E. Church shade trees have been securely boxed to prevent damage by cows, and in a readers to become few years more the church will be shaded by some very fine members of the Society. trees.” For $30.00 or more you This original church building, according to an article in the Yreka Journal, was carefully dismantled by a W. P. Stone and will receive a fine rebuilt as a home on his ranch in Edgewood in 1898. The corner historical book, 10% stone for a new Methodist Episcopal Church at the former site of discounts on Pioneer the original was laid on June 11, 1898. Some of the contents laid Siskiyou County within the corner stone were: A Holy Bible, a copy of the Yreka Historical Society publications, Journal, June 11, 1898, the names of the minister, trustees and 910 S. Main Street newsletters, and others, along with a dime found in the old church dated 1862. Yreka, CA 96097 invitations for This new church building was completed and the formal (530) 842-3836 special events. Come dedication was in March of 1900. The building was actually [email protected] completed quite a bit earlier, but they waited to have the by the Museum & dedication after the new pews and furniture arrived. sign up for a year!!!!!!!

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In 1964 the current Methodist-Episcopal Church in Yreka held groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Fairchild and Cedar Streets (where the current services are held), and soon after vacated the second church structure on this spot. The building in the circa 1910 image was torn down in 1970. The Girdner Funeral Home currently occupies the site where a Methodist-Episcopal Church sat for 115 years. At one time there was a historic marker sign that stood by the church building at the corner of Lane and Oregon Streets thatRalph read: and “On his this kayak site theat the first mouth church of the Smith. in Yreka was completed in Feb. 1855. Known as the Union Church it was erected through the efforts of members of all faiths.” It is assumed when the 1898 building was razed in 1970 that the sign was removed. It is one of Yreka’s history mysteries as to what happened to this historic sign once paid for by the City The Methodist-Episcopal Church, cira 1910 at the corner of Lane and Oregon Streets, Yreka, California. Photo owned by Claudia East. of Yreka. ♦ Shasta valley Meats Custom Butchering Retail Meats Custom Smoking Family Packs HOLY Wild Game Processing Catering SMOKE!INC. STOVES, FIREPLACES & INSERTS 410 S. 11th Street Cleaning, Service & Installation Montague, California (530) 459-5149 Serving Siskiyou County for 32 years Open 7 days a week 412 South Main Street, Yreka, California - CA Lic #516471 8am-5pm (530) 841-1841 - Show Room (530) 465-2308 - Business Mount Shasta Pastry delicious baked goods - light fresh lunches Open Monday thru Saturday 6 am to 2:30 pm Open Sundays 7 am to 1 pm

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SCOTT VALLEY THEATRE CO. The Scott Valley Theatre Company is pleased to announce the The McConnell Fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation has approved their grant application to the Avery Theatre for roof replacement. This sizeable grant will fully fund a major piece of the Avery renovation campaign which includes all aspects of the theatre building. “The board has prioritized many key projects to rejuvenate the Avery building which is fifty-five years old and, while still a beauty, definitely needs some updating and renovation,” said board president, Rick Anderson. The grant process was collaborative with all members of the board weighing in. When all pieces were completed, Larry Alexander executive director of Northern California Resource Center, put the grant together and submitted it to the Shasta Regional Community Foundation whose board of Directors evaluated the proposal and approved the grant. “We are thrilled to be a part of history as we caretake this lovely old building for the future audiences of Scott Valley,” added Anderson. Last year alone, the Avery hosted eighteen live events and many nights of rehearsals. Many community organizations utilize the Avery stage for their performances, including the College of the Siskiyous,The Siskiyou Big Band, Etna High School, community musical nights and professional groups as well. Scott Valley Bank and the Scott Valley Theatre Company are partners in supporting local non profit groups and using live performances as fund raisers.

JeffersonBackroads.com Read Us Every Month OnlineAnytime February 2013 Page 17 Cycle siskiyou - bicycle tourism news Economic Growth Group Inviting Bicycle Tourism to Siskiyou County THE ECONOMIC GROWTH GROUP - THE E.G.G. Our Mission: “Identify and develop economic growth opportunities by facilitating collaborative efforts of business and community based organizations throughout Siskiyou County to increase our “Collective Vitality.”

The Economic Growth Group (EGG) and the Siskiyou County Bicycle Tourism Partnership (SCBTP) volunteers are powering through the snow, ice, and fog, working hard to move Bicycling in Siskiyou County from the best kept secret in cycling circles to the fastest growing local industry. During the recent holidays and harsh winter weather a small army of volunteers continued to plan, prepare and implement tasks developed by the community during last May’s Cycling and Trails Forum. Want to see what the plan is and what each goal group is up to? Go to www.fordpathways.org/ Click on Siskiyou County, on the left click on Cycling Tourism Project, the login is TeamSisk and the Password is Shasta#1. If you have trouble with the Pathways site email, George Jennings the SCBTP coordinator at [email protected] . A dedicated countywide network of volunteers are working hard to complete projects to increase the number of riders and the number of days cyclists spend in Siskiyou County. Projects include an exciting website to promote the awesome road and mountain biking available now or planned in the near future for all parts of Siskiyou County. Be looking for the website early this spring at www.cyclesiskiyou.com after we launch it. Currently we are recruiting cyclists and writers to help us with content. Are you interested in helping tell the story of the awesome cycling opportunities? Do you have some great photos you are willing to share to help us tell the story? If yes, send them to [email protected]. The Engage Business Goal Group (EBGG) is preparing information and lesson plans to help businesses attract this expected business to them. The Chambers of Commerce and EBGG will partner this spring to bring information and training to help businesses increase their bottom line! Want your favorite ride to get on the web and the SCBTP map of events and favorite rides and trails? Drop an email to the EGG with a description or data along with your contact information. Multiple organizations across Siskiyou County are currently working hard to prepare their great riding events coming this spring and summer, so stayed tuned as we help bring information to you through Jefferson Backroads. The EGG/SCBTP meet monthly on the last Thursday of the month, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. The location moves across the county. If you have time and expertise to lend to the effort please contact us and we will get you with the appropriate working group. For meeting locations, updates, information or help with Pathways email us at [email protected]. ♦ CONTACT INFO: George Jennings, The EGG and SCBTP The EGG and SCBTP PO Box 342 Coordinator Fort Jones, CA 96032 530-598-8887 cell [email protected] - Personal Email [email protected] - Project Email www.facebook.com/CycleSiskiyou

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Nature’s Kitchen The Jurassic Period began roughly 206 million years ago in the Open Mon thru Sat middle of the Mesozoic era. It ended approximately 145 million years 8 am to 5 pm ago. It was during the Jurassic period that Dinosaurs ruled the world and Closed Sunday would ultimately lead to our fascination with these immense creatures. So strong is our fascination with the terrible lizards that it led to one of Cafe & Espresso 412 S. Main Street the most popular movies of all time,“Jurassic Park.” The fictional Yreka, CA 96097 “Jurassic Park” depicted in Steven Spielberg’s classic movie doesn’t Vitamins - Supplements - Gifts (530) 842-1136 exist. However, there truly is a “Jurassic Park,” of sorts, here in our own back yard. Interestingly enough, Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” was just over 2 hours long and your adventure to our own “Jurassic Park”lasts MOUNTAIN VILLAGE PARK, INC. just two hours as well. To experience our “Jurassic Park” we must get; - RV Park On the Road to the Lake Shasta Caverns. - Store In Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” the stars were harried and vexed by - Self-Storage velociraptors while trying to avoid becoming a dinner entrée for a rapacious Tyrannosaurus Rex (neither existed during the Jurassic 30 Commercial Way Period). Relax you will face neither of these carnivores at the Lake Shasta PO Box 30 Etna, CA 96027 Caverns. There is, however, something for everyone at the Jurassic era (530) 467-5678 park we visit today. And, I’ll let you in on a secret. Your adventure to www.etnarvp.com the Caverns is so entertaining that your children won’t even realize they email: [email protected] Jim & Betty Hendricks are learning while they are there. That part will be our little secret. The Owners adventure begins with a boat ride then a bus ride and culminates with a cave adventure that offers an exciting and unique brand of adventure. Bob’s Ranch House The caverns were born in the large limestone deposits of what would become Shasta County. Geologic forces pushed, folded and crumpled the land creating mountains of limestone. The Delicious Valentine’s Day power of water then took over slowly eating away the softer limestone deposits within the mountains leaving holes, tunnels, and cavernous openings inside the mountains themselves. Water Prime Rib seeping down through the porous surface picked up calcium and other minerals. Over eons of time the seeping water found its way or Lobster into the empty spaces and dripped to the floor leaving minute amounts of the minerals on the ceiling of the cavern and Dinner depositing more minerals on the floor below. Thanks to my college geology class I can tell you that the formations growing Thursday - February 14th down from the ceiling are called stalactites while those growing up from the floor are called stalagmites. Under perfect conditions - Family Atmosphere 585 Collier Way over millions of years these formations can grow together forming - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Etna, CA 96027 columns, yet another of the many formations within the caverns. - Beer & Wine Served (530) 467-5787 The formations within the caverns are exquisite; some small and - Famous Homemade Pies fragile while others are large and appear indestructible (they too are quite fragile). Make Your Reservations Today! Page 20 Proudly Made in America and Published in The State of Jefferson !! On the Road to . . . Continued from Page 20 The Caverns were well known to the Native Americans of the Wintu Nation who called this region home for thousands of years. They were initially “discovered” by Euro Americans on November 11, 1878 by J. A. Richardson, an employee of the fish hatchery that, ironically, now lies 300 feet below the surface of Shasta Lake. On entering the cave complex Richardson, using carbide from his miner’s lamp, wrote his name and the date of discovery on the wall near his entry point. The inscription remains visible to this day. Photos inside the Caverns taken by Cynthia Lee Pasero. The Caverns are the obvious initial draw. However, they are not the only attraction here. On the west side of Lake Shasta is the reception Chalet and the embarkation point for your day’s adventure. The first part of your adventure is an Quality enjoyable and leisurely catamaran cruise across the McCloud arm of Home Furnishings Shasta Lake. The 65 foot catamarans are expertly piloted by Window Coverings knowledgeable guides who keep their charges informed and humored on Floor Coverings the cross lake trek. Upon reaching the east bank of the lake you and your CUSTOM INTERIORS Appliances fellow adventurers will be treated to an informative and entertaining bus Quality furniture and accessories ride halfway up the gray mountain side to the Chalet. Keep your eyes for every room of your house. 242 Main Street Weed, CA 96094 open along the bus route in the comfortable, custom designed busses. Email: [email protected] (530) 938-4556 It is not uncommon to see wildlife in abundance. The area around the www.snowcrest.net/edgewoodinterior/ (800) 772-7343 caverns is home to bald eagles and osprey. If you are very lucky you may see a timid mountain lion, bobcat, black bear, or black-tailed deer. The flora in this region includes Manzanita, red bud, oak and pine. As if the flora and fauna weren’t enough there are stunning views of Lake Shasta below. Your visit to the Caverns is both fun and educational. Seeing one of nature’s most astonishing and beautiful underground creations is adventure enough right? Well, at Lake Shasta Caverns the answer is, “No.” There is much more to the“Cavern experience.” Both the Chalets offer restful, natural spots for picnicking and enjoying the natural beauty. A favorite activity for youngsters is “sluicing for gemstones.” “Mining rough” can be purchased then used in the rustic sluice box providing kids the opportunity to find gemstones including peridot, emeralds, obsidian, moon stone, amethyst and even the occasional ruby or sapphire. Fossils too may be found in the sluice box including sharks teeth, trilobites, ammonites (cephalopods in a snail like shell) and belemnites (cephalopods in a cylindrical, cigar shaped shell). Young aspiring spelunkers will enjoy one of the newest features at the Caverns; The Rock Box. At the Rock box young explorers and climbers have the opportunity to hone their skills on a 6 foot climbing wall, a climbing tunnel, climbing rock and in a tree house carved out of an oak tree. Finding the Lake Shasta Caverns today is much easier than it was for A block from Shakespeare J. A. Richardson in 1878. The Caverns are just north of Redding off of Interstate 5 at Exit #695. When the summer temperatures are high, or the Theaters & Town ! winter temperatures are cold the Shasta Caverns are “just right.” The 541.621.5409 constant 58° temperature combined with the 95% humidity inside the Ashland, Oregon caverns produces a very comfortable 70 to 72 degree, “room temperature” experience making the Caverns a year round adventure. Maybe one day delaunayhouse.com I’ll see you, On The Road to the Lake Shasta Caverns. ♦ JeffersonBackroads.com Read our Publications Online 24/7/365 February 2013 Page 21 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE At the top of California is one of the truly nicest rural areas left in the west . . .

EXPERIENCE BUTTE VALLEY, located in extreme Northern California on Highway 97. Visit our Website at ButteValleyChamber.com or bvcc.biz. Page 22 Bigfoot LIVES in The State of Jefferson . . . Historical Markers of The State of Jefferson Meamber School The Plaques of E Clampus Vitus--Humbug Chapter No. 73

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Under the temporal guidance of William “Mac” McKellar, presiding Humbug of what was then the Fort Jones E Clampus Vitus Humbug Chapter, the Meamber School house and school district were commemorated in 1980. Most founding members of Humbug Chapter were from the Fort Jones area and focused on commemorating their own back yard with historical markers. By the mid- eighties the Chapter core had migrated to Yreka where its citizen members took the helm and began placing more of the Chapter’s historical plaques in and around their town. The Meamber School District was founded in The Meamber School District was formed in May 1870. Land for the schoolhouse 1870. By 1881, Harry Wells reported in his and grounds was donated by what was then the Goodale Ranch. For the next 87 History of Siskiyou County, California, the years children of the area were educated in the Meamber Schoolhous from the first District had 39 students that year: 16 boys and through the eighth grades. In June 1957 the Meamber School District was 23 girls. In 1870 Siskiyou County had 40 absorbed by the Fort Jones School District and the property reverted to private schools and 45 school teachers. By 1881, that ownership. In 1979 the schoolhouse exterior was restored and the interior was number grew to 47 schools employing 47 remodeled for use as a private residence. teachers. Having been converted to a private residence, the old Meamber school house still stands on the original site located at the Dedicated August 17, 1980 Humbug Chapter No. 73 E. Clampus Vitus junction of Quartz Valley Road and Scott River Road in Scott Valley. ♦ State of Jefferson RMEF BIG GAME 2013 Banquet Schedule

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JeffersonBackroads.com Read our Publications Online Anytime February 2013 Page 23 Discovering The State of Jefferson Follow along with Gail each month and enjoy another new story of the many historical towns and areas scattered throughout The State of Jefferson. Remembering the Winter of 1964-65 Excerpt from WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY: GOLD & DREAMS, by Gail L. Jenner and Monica Hall VARIATIONS SALON Part I Full Service Salon On December 18, 1964, rain began to fall across Western Siskiyou County. It had been exactly 9 years since the devastating floods of 1955. 525 N. Main Street On the first day of winter, warm rain melted the snow pack. Creeks Yreka, CA 96097 overflowed and Scott River was rising. (530) 841-1210 In the middle of Scott Valley, Betty Young and her husband Bob went to tend the water but “we couldn’t find the ditches, the water was so high it resembled a huge lake with trees growing up through the water.” Betty remembers leaving her four daughters at home to go to Etna, Natural Wellness Directory but “the water was level with the highway (State Highway 3) across the bridge (at Patterson Creek). We got as far as the Simmons house and The Natural Health Practitioner looked back only to see a huge log rolling across the highway. We went & Wellness Directory, a free printed back because we didn’t want to be stranded.” Later they watched as the and online resource to readers. Patterson Creek Bridge nearly washed out. (541) 210-4375 When ‘Pinky’ Bill Mathews and Ruthie, his daughter, pulled up with a load of Corrigan’s horses, Bill got out and had Ruthie hold his legs, then www.naturalhealthproviderpages.com he leaned over to look under the bridge. He said, “Hell, we can make it. It has six feet holding yet.” So he got into the truck and gave it the gas and made it over. A county worker then dragged a long piece of metal siding across the road and said, “This may stop some other darn fool from trying to cross.” Water flowing over Scott River Bridge near Fort Jones was eighteen inches deep. Mike and Don Eastlick launched a boat in the river to get a better look at the valley. The Fay Lane bridge was out, and THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE stated that “someone had seen quite a large salmon floating along the streets of Callahan.” The road between Etna and Callahan was nearly impassable. What had once been Highway 3 was now a narrow trail, a mere car width at most. Only the brave dared to take a car between the sheer bluff and the raging water. The approaches to the new Callahan Bridge across Scott River were washed out while the old bridge remained intact and was quickly returned to use. When the Patterson Creek Bridge washed out, the Gail Jenner Siskiyou Telephone Company put in a footbridge. First the phone company tried using a ladder truck to move people Local Author across the raging water. Bill and Danny Voight volunteered to try the ‘ladder route’. Once the footbridge was completed, Gail is a contributor to NPR's it was used constantly as residents took care of their livestock, Jefferson Public Radio got groceries. series, "As It Was: Tales Elizabeth Bigham, Tom Tickner, Tuffy and Connie From the State of Jefferson." Fowler, and others left their cars at Young’s Ranch and had At left is her newest book, their families meet them at the footbridge. coauthored with Bernita L. On Christmas Day it began to snow. By January 5th there Tickner. was a total of 30 inches on the Scott Valley floor. Sawyers Bar reported 24 inches on the ground and there were over 12 Website: inches in Happy Camp. Highways were closed one hundred miles south of Siskiyou County. www.gailjenner.com jPage 24 Rural America is the Very Heart and Soul of The United States of America. Discovering The State of Jefferson Continued from Page 24

Story has it that a small bird, displaced by the weather, took up residence in Eb Whipple’s house for a bit of holiday cheer. The small long beaked creature enjoyed flying about the room, missing people by only inches. He seemed to consider Eb’s Christmas tree his ‘private palace’ and gave the ornaments quite a beating. He remained a slightly unwelcome, yet entertaining, visitor, until the elements outdoors became more friendly and he returned to his flock with, no doubt, tales of his own. Road washed out by the 1964 flood. Courtesy Betty Jane Young Collection. John Larue, the Etna High School music teacher and Ida the school’s Spanish teacher were not daunted by the insanity of nature. They were married on December 31st in Etna and despite the difficulties, many attended the wedding. On January 5, 1965, Betty Young wrote that this was “the strangest storm. It is raining and it is 30 degrees.” On the 7th there was a “beautiful red sky” and the temperature dropped to 10 degrees. That afternoon another blizzard hit Western Siskiyou County. Bob Young led Dick Richmond’s mules back to his house. Eb Whipple came over to help make roads and feed the cows. Since the Etna Creek Bridge had been destroyed, Ariel Facey cut down a tree across Etna Creek so that the Siskiyou County Road Department could access its county yard south of Etna. The Road Department used powerboats to check on residents of Scott Valley and assist in rescues when necessary, careful to maneuver around debris and fences hidden just under the surface of the water. Dick Smith and Paul Norris carried milk and bread from Fort Jones and through Thackeray’s fields to take to Etna families. The county tried to stop the erosion of the highway and bridge approaches in Callahan. Festus Facey ran a ‘skiploader’ during the worst of the flood. He filled trucks with large rocks to dump where the road had once been. ♦ Prime Rib & Steak Vegetarian Dishes Farrington's Store on the left in Callahan, CA, after the 1964 flood. Pasta Dishes Cocktails Courtesy Betty Jane Young Collection. Freshest Ocean Fish from the Pacific Northwest Alaska and Hawaii! é Call to arrange your Holiday Party at Lilys or have it catered at your location. Restaurant Open 7 days a week.

1013 South Mt. Shasta Blvd., Mt. Shasta, Ca 96067 (530) 926-3372 LilysRestaurant.com JeffersonBackroads.com Read our Publications Online 24/7/365 February 2013 Page 25 “Northern California’s Long, Lost Band” is Found; PBS television to air documentary about Afterglow: The Story: Part I of II Fort Jones, California - Afterglow, a long lost Siskiyou County rock band is in demand. Dubbed by Sundazed Music as “the long, lost band from Northern California” CHIROPRACTIC Afterglow produced one album before dissolving in 1969. Completely unaware of the re-release of their album in 1996 and 2001, the members of Afterglow, Ron George, bass guitar & vocals; Gene Resler, guitar & vocals; Roger Swanson, keyboards& vocals; Tony Tecumseh, guitar & vocals; and Larry Alexander, on drums, carried on with their lives oblivious to the world that loves their work. After 40 years, these five friends have recently discovered Mike & Annabel Todd, that their album didn’t fail; it just took its own sweet time Proprietors to succeed. 511 Main Street Now, PBS television is airing the Afterglow story Etna, Ca 96027 and its pleasantly surprised members as the focus of an (530) 467-5335 upcoming television documentary to be aired in 2013. In 1968, when the album didn’t make the splash they hoped, the members of Afterglow went on to other DONALD G. HILL. D.C. careers including military service, accounting, engineering 106 Ranch Lane and even a mayoral term. Meanwhile, without their Yreka, CA 96097 knowledge, the album secured cult status and the attention (530) 842-6500 of a notable producer, Bob Irwin, Sundazed Music in New York. Irwin was so impressed with the album that he purchased the rights, produced a compact disc and even a new vinyl version of the album. Irwin’s efforts were well received and a commercial success. The music company, its passionate founder and the new crop of fans, however, had a problem. No one could find the band. Afterglow was known as the Medallions when they opened for the Beau Brummels in Dunsmuir, California. The performance was brought to the attention of Leo De Gar Kulka, world renowned record producer, who offered the five young men from rural California an opportunity to come to San Francisco and record an album at his famous Golden State Recorders studio. The young men, students at Chico State University, took the summer of 1967 off work and school to live at the drummer’s parents’ place in Scott Valley while they wrote and practiced the twenty songs requested by the producer. Once the songs were ready, the five ambitious and talented musicians loaded up a trailer and headed to San Francisco. It was October 1967.

Continued on Page 27 jPage 26 Happy Winter - Get out and Play in the Snow !! Afterglow . . . Continued from Page 26 As Swanson would remember 40 years later, “We were used to seeing two or three cars per day, much less two or three cars per second.” The young men reported as instructed to the Golden State Recorders studios, set up the equipment and played. “To say we were nervous and feeling the pressure of the situation is certainly an understatement,” recalls Larry Alexander, now the owner of a small business located at the homestead where the band roomed for that summer in 1967. The band’s sound was very professional and unique, if not a little bit of everything. Today, reviewers often comment about the variety of styles found on the album. Tecumseh, who passed away in 2012 and was a member of the Modoc Tribe of Klamath Falls, wrote most of the songs and he recalled being very concerned with two things: showing the producers that they could cover a wide range of musical styles and making sure he, as a song writer, didn’t inadvertently copy another band’s sound. De Gar Kulka was all business, as per his reputation as the producer of such legendary groups as Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Afterglow Album Image found on youtube. Messenger Service and the Grateful Dead. “Leo was very supportive, but very focused on getting things done as quickly as possible,” recalls Alexander. “Over the few days we worked together, he BNG Finish Products indicated that he was pleased with the music and wanted to proceed with the album.” Custom Homes & Cabinets Another producer in the studio, Bob Goldberg, commented P.O. Box 356 Etna, CA 96027 that the band’s music had stayed with him after he left the studio and (530) 598-8518 they should be renamed “Afterglow.” The band members, most still CA Lic #914432 teenagers, followed the producer’s advice and Afterglow was born. Email: [email protected] The next few days were filled with photo shoots and 2004 Builder's Choice Award for production meetings. When the band left San Francisco, they were Outstanding Cabinetry from the confident that the inevitable national tours and press junkets would Washington Tri-Cities Parade of Homes show the world the quality of musicianship to be found in rural Northern California. The band mates resumed their studies and waited. Soon, the call came. The album was finished and in San Francisco ready to be Mean Gene’s Gas shipped. In no mood to wait, Larry immediately hopped in his Wrangler and drove the four hours to the City by the Bay. Leo waved Fuel and Oil Distributor through the glass and Larry took the band’s allotment out to the car. Scott Valley, CA There in the parking lot, he anxiously opened the box and stared at its contents. The album was inside, but the cover was not a photo of the Dave Duerr band as was the tradition, but an extremely psychedelic artist render- 6737 N. Hwy. 3 ing of a profile shot he remembered the band posing for one day. Call to set up PO Box 534 Fort Jones, CA 96032 Alexander remembers the rollercoaster of emotions that the Local Delivery 530-468-5444 album’s arrival evoked. The recording was top notch; there were errors that only the musicians could hear, but were not allowed to correct as time was money. He also felt a strong disconnect as he stared at the extremely modern album cover. The band members were, for all essential purposes, unrecognizable and in fact, other than the song writers’ acknowledgements, their names didn’t appear anywhere on the album. (see Album Cover Image above) Despite the disconcerting developments, the album was very big news in the small towns where the boys called home: Dorris, Fort Eagle Creek Electrical Design Services, Inc. Jones, Mount Shasta and Klamath Falls. Each of the young men had come from modest means, they were each the first in their family to Computer Aided Design - Drafting & Detailing attend college and their families had been very supportive of their Full Service Electrical Design dreams. Continued on Page 28 Michael Ash - (530) 467-4233 - www.eceds.com JeffersonBackroads.com Our website’s Local Links Page is vast. February 2013 Page 27 Afterglow . . . Continued from Page 27 Swanson, now a CPA in Chico, remembers coming home to show his parents the album and being very surprised to see a brand new phonograph player in the parlor. “It was a huge financial purchase for my father, but he supported me every step of the way and the phonograph player was his way of expressing that support. I bet we played the album forty times that night,” Swanson remembers. The band didn’t hear anything else from the producers or the record label, MTA Records in New York City. The usual tours and promotions never took place, so they embarked on their own promotional tour throughout Oregon and Washington. The music was popular and, in fact, Alexander remains very proud of the fact that the band’s signature song “Riding Home Again” was number one for over twenty weeks on the popular rock and roll radio station in Yreka, KSYC. The band performed and traveled whenever and wherever they could, but calls to the record label were not returned. The cost of self promotion soon prohibited any more efforts and the band settled back in Chico, getting their degrees, playing here and there, and moving on with life. Unbelievably, the band members, now Were albums sold? If so, no one told the young men who wrote probably in their fifties, were nowhere to be found. and performed the music. The whole experience continued to exist, to the He didn’t know where to start; they hadn’t produced band, in the same emotional place it landed when Larry first opened that any subsequent albums and their success existed only box in 1968 – bittersweet. in the small circles of vinyl-philes and psych pop Bob Irwin founded Sundazed Records and by 1995 he had fans. The story still needed to be told, though, and established the company at the forefront of the restoration of high quality Irwin knew what to do. garage, psychedelia and rockabilly music in a contemporary format. For jobs like this, Irwin always turned to his Afterglow’s music had been on his radar for several years when company writer and historian, Jud Cost. Professor another aficionado in the scene recommended that he make their one Jud, as he is known in music circles, had been writing album his next project. Bob got to work doing what he does, which is about rock and roll, garage and psychedelia music for listening again and again for what it was that the artist wanted to say and decades. Bob had tried to find the band members but working on capturing that sound. Where he needed help was finding the with no luck. “He really tried, he really did, but he band to help make the connection, promote the album and develop the just couldn’t find them,” recalls Jud. back-story. Continued on Page 29 Guided Nature Walk - Nature Photography Wednesday February 20, 2013 Please join Erin Williams from the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office for a free guided nature walk on Wednesday, Febru- ary 20th from 12-1pm to learn techniques for capturing win- ter images in nature. Meet at upper Greenhorn Park (rain or shine) and bring a camera.

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For more information, please call (530) 842-5763 or visit our website at: www.fws.gov/yreka/cpwn.html. jPage 28 “The truth shall set you free.” Afterglow . . . Continued from Page 28 “In 1964, five friends from Rural Northern Convinced that the music deserved a re-release, Bob moved California formed a band. In 1967, they forward and published the Compact Disc under his label. Jud’s liner recorded an album. 40 years ago . . . they notes, written without any real information on the mysterious band, tell a fictional tale of archeological expeditions and extra terrestrials. thought they failed. The world says The success of the re-release, the intrigue surrounding the band and they didn’t.” the visions conjured up by the liner notes only fueled the secrecy surrounding the group that had created this now famous album. By 2001, sales and interest in the music led Bob to make Afterglow one of Sundazed’s earliest vinyl rereleases. Once again, the band was nowhere to be found. ♦

STORY TO BE CONTINUED IN THE JEFFERSON BACKROADS MARCH 2013 ISSUE. Go to YouTube and listen to some of this amazing band’s incredible 60’s MUSIC !! Find them on Facebook: Afterglow 1968 Website: www.afterglow1968.com For info: Contact Patrick Desmond at (530) 598-6080. Photo of the GORGEOUS Mustang from Afterglow video.

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Tony Tecumseh's Epiphone Sheraton. Larry said that quite a few memories came flooding back as soon as he saw the hot pink guitar case lining. Larry hadn't 1508 Fairlane Rd. (530) 842-6035 seen this guitar in forty years. Yreka, CA 96097 www.LesSchwab.com JeffersonBackroads.com Read Us Every Month OnlineAnytime February 2013 Page 29 "Clear!" Marlow yelled out his tiny window to anyone who might be close to the propeller. “Breakfast in Red Bluff” No one was in sight so Marlow turned the key and listened to the complaining groan of the engine. The engine Story by Marilyn Kilpatrick of Siskiyou Writers Club did not start. We climbed out of the plane through the only door that would open (on the passenger’s side). Marlow Here is another adventure in the State of Jefferson taken removed the seat so he could attach jumper cables from the in 2009 by Marlow and Marilyn Kilpatrick. portable charger to the battery, climbed back into the plane (a Marlow and I went on the planned flight to Redbluff, scene that looked vaguely like a seven-foot clown crawling California, for "breakfast" this morning. I woke him at seven and into a Volkswagen at the circus). He turned the key, nothing. said I'd like to get on the road. I didn't want to return home after Dang, no trip today. He said he’d make an appointment with noon when the air got bumpy from the heat radiating off the fields. the mechanic to look at his plane next week. We were at the airport by eight-thirty, and rolled the plane out of I returned cameras to the truck, the cushion to the office the hanger. and helped him push the plane back into the hanger. He walked Marlow did the routine check for nicks, scratches, and to the office for a drink of water and saw the mechanic made sure moveable parts moved and stationary parts remained puttering on his own plane. The nice man said he’d look at still while I went to the office to get a thick cushion so I could see Marlow’s plane right away. As he was checking wires and over the dashboard. such, it dawned on Marlow that he hadn't turned on his battery We settled in. I had a lap full of cameras, a GPS, a bottle of charger. The mechanic flipped the switch, and the plane roared water, and a dozen electrical cords dangling from one place or to life. another. Marlow asked if I minded riding in the back seat. I did that last time and it was very uncomfortable, so I declined the offer. Marlow left the plane running, and struggled for five minutes to get the passenger seat installed over the battery. Siskiyou Writers Club After a minor problem with the radio, we were on our way. It was after ten o'clock. We had a wonderful, silky smooth flight to Red Bluff. - Visitors Welcome Mt. Shasta, Trinity Alps, Castle Crags and Shasta Lake were - Guest Speakers wonderful to see from an elevation of seven thousand feet. I - New Members snapped two dozen pictures while swiveling from side to side in my seat. Mostly, I just ogled the grandeur. Contact Nancy Ballard Either Marlow's radio wasn't working, or there was no Phone: (530) 640-2459 one in the tower, because nobody responded when Marlow email: [email protected] announced his intentions to land. Marlow flew past the airport, and I asked what was wrong. He said he had no "flaps," that meant air brakes, the rear part of the wings that extended downward, and slowed the plane as it landed. “Okay, what do we do now?” Marlow discovered a mile or so later he had pulled the wrong knob. He turned back toward Red Bluff airport and announced landing intentions. No one responded. Marlow Lic. #768187 Company landed anyway and chose a spot to park. We had lunch - it was almost noon. We'd do breakfast “Where Quality Still Counts” another day. Marlow said he was low on fuel. The gas pump was RESIDENTIAL - AUTO - COMMERCIAL broken, no fuel was available. Marlow thought we probably had enough to make it back to Montague airport. Specializing in: Vinyl Window Replacement We went through the ungraceful maneuver of climbing Mirrors - Screens - Insulated Glass into the plane. Marlow started the engine, and it immediately Window Chip Repair - Shower Doors Table Tops - Auto Glass died. He tried again, same thing happened. Oh, he was pulling on the wrong knob again. He was "leaning" the gas after starting the engine, instead of enriching it. That had to do with changing the air-fuel mixture. No problem. We were soon 530-842-3248 up, up and away. He really needed to fly often enough to 237 Greenhorn Road remember how to operate the plane. Maybe, when the price Authorized Milgard of fuel drops to $2.00 a gallon... Yreka, California 96097 Dealer jPage 30 Seek Made in America products & services to strengthen OUR COUNTRY ! “Breakfast in Red Bluff” Continued from Page 28

The flight was bumpy while we were close to the hot, tilled farmlands of Sacramento Valley, but smoothed as we climbed over the mountains. An inversion had formed so we couldn't see Mt. Shasta until we arrived at five-thousand-foot elevation – above the haze. The ride to Montague was fine in spite of the building gloom blocking the scenery. Marlow announced our intentions to his home airport tower as he was about to land. We had a quarter of a tank of gas, so that was no problem. The heat from the ground caused a jerky, bumpy descent. We hit the runway hard, really hard, and coasted for a few feet before Marlow pulled on his hand brakes. They came all the way back and the plane didn't slow Call for dine in one bit. or pick up "I have no brakes what so ever!" Marlow told me and the lady in the tower. He turned off the gas feed and weaved from side to side on the runway. The woman in the tower asked if he needed help. I had Frosty no idea what she planned to do - maybe throw a net over us. & Grill Marlow said he was okay. We coasted to the end of the 415 N Mt. Shasta Blvd runway and turned onto the taxi way. DEE - ! Another airborne plane planning to land said he would “go LICIOUS Mt. Shasta Ca 96067 around” allowing us time to get off the tarmac. He heard Marlow's conversation with the tower and wanted to know if there was anything he could do to help. What were these people thinking? Did they have those spikes like at a drive-in movie that puncture tires? Could they push Sarti’s Home Audio & Video a button and a net pop up like on an aircraft carrier? Were they going U-HAUL - CAR STEREO - HOME THEATER - SPA SERVICE to throw huge pillows in front of us? 2226 S. Mount Shasta Blvd. - Mt. Shasta, Ca - (530) 926-3848 Marlow fed the engine just enough gas to advance about ten-miles-an-hour back to the office. He was directed to park facing the office (which I thought was strange since they knew he had no brakes). Two people grabbed the struts of the plane and dragged us to a stop. Marlow made arrangements to get the plane fixed, fueled, and ready for our next adventure. I casually mentioned that I’d been unable to close the door. After slamming it several times before take-off, it stayed shut until the very second Marlow left the ground. RBRO DE O I knew he was busy with other things so I didn't mention the fact L K that I was hanging onto the armrest with a death grip. The air A MANOR pressure held the door closed all the way home. It popped open when we made our first bounce on the runway. Marlow told the mechanic BED & it would be nice to have that fixed also. We should have one door BREAKFAST on the plane that operated correctly. Marlow talked excitedly about future trips in the plane while he 4 Lovely Guest Accommodations & PCT Hikers Hut. drove home. I wondered how many St. Christopher medals it would Full delicious homemade breakfasts & free Wi-Fi. take to make the plane secure. A few days later Marlow said he thought it was time to give up Escape the City - Come and enjoy our Beautiful flying. He listed a number of reasons but didn’t include advancing Mountains and Gorgeous Storms ! forgetfulness among them. A lucky Canadian is now the proud owner of the classic cloth covered Piper Tri-pacer. See photo above. 836 Sawyers Bar Road - Etna, California 96027 Marlow and I will pursue earthbound adventures in the future. ♦ Call today (530) 467-3917 www.alderbrookmanor.com JeffersonBackroads.com Read Us Every Month Online 24/7/365 February 2013 Page 31 SENIOR SERVICES Deegan Family Practice On Call 24-Hours 7 Days a Week Nursing Corporation - Oxygen - Lift Chairs - Wheel Chairs FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE $20 - Hospital Beds - Walkers Linda Jo (Yawn) Deegan, FNP-C - Sales & Rentals - Local Service Most Insurances Billed (530) 842-1100 Fax 842-1117 Scott Valley Respiratory Home Care, Inc. Corporate Office 544 N. Main Street, #3 www.deeganfamilypractice.com 1714 South Oregon Street - Yreka, CA 96097 - (530) 841-3000 Yreka, CA 96097 [email protected] HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - LOCALLY OWNED Scott Valley Community Lunch Program Starts at Noon - Open to All Scott Valley Mt. Shasta Senior Nutrition Program Residents and Visitors Senior Services Since 1974 Mondays: Valley Oaks Senior Center, 7300 Quartz Hot Lunch Served at Noon Valley Rd,, Greenview - 468-2120 Tuesdays Etna United Methodist Church Tuesday through Friday & Fridays 137 Diggles Street, Etna - 467-3612 Wednesdays: S.V. Family Resource Center Senior Dining Center, 11920 Main Street, Fort Jones - 468-2450 Mt. Shasta City Park Thursdays: Scott Valley Berean Church “Meals-on-Wheels” For Senior Shut-Ins 134 Church Street, Etna - 467-3715

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KLAD FM 92.5 “The democracy will cease to Country exist when you take away from those who are willing KFEG FM 104.7 to work and give to those Classic Rock we believe. who would not.” Thomas Jefferson KFLS FM 96.5 New Country jPage 34 A fun random quote: “Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe.” What IS The State of Jefferson? By Gail Jenner Today’s State of Jefferson refers to portions of Southern Oregon and Northern California. Originally this region represented the “second half” or “northern mines” of the famous gold rush of 1849-50, but it never received the kind of historical reference that the Sierra Mother Lode did, even though it contributed as much, if not more, to the coffers of the two states. Moreover, the region was easily overlooked after the gold rush, since it continued to be less populated and more rural than the remainder of the two states. See Map image at left of the counties that make up The State of Jefferson. The name Jefferson was selected after Yreka's local paper, The Siskiyou Daily News, ran a contest. J. E. Mundell of Eureka, California, submitted the winning name. A seal was created: a gold mining pan etched with two Xs to signify the double-cross by Salem and Sacramento politicians. Today the seal is still used on flags, banners, and State of Jefferson memorabilia. Because the people who have settled along the northern boundary of California and the southern boundary of Oregon have always been of an independent nature, it seems fitting that this region has attempted, on numerous occasions, to create a new state, not just in name or principle, but in reality as well. The dream lives on for this unrealized State of Jefferson. With majestic Mt. Shasta at its heart, and the Cascades forming its backbone, the region’s wild rivers and rugged peaks both isolate and, at times, insulate its residents from the more populated outside world. Ranching, mining and logging have been its traditional source of wealth, but now recreation and tourism compete as major industries. It is the people who reside here that make the greatest contribution to the character of this region we love, proudly called The State of Jefferson. ♦ Map of Siskiyou County - The Heart of The Great State of Jefferson

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